Preview — 名探偵コナン 14
by Gosho Aoyama

The Magical SuicideWhen a master magician commits suicide his wife suspects foul play and pays a visit to private detective Kogoro Mouri's office. The culprit is one of the dead magician's three assistants. Can Conan find out which one of them had something deadly up their sleeve? Plus, Ran takes Conan's glasses off while he is sleeping and discovers Conan looks just likeThe Magical SuicideWhen a master magician commits suicide his wife suspects foul play and pays a visit to private detective Kogoro Mouri's office. The culprit is one of the dead magician's three assistants. Can Conan find out which one of them had something deadly up their sleeve? Plus, Ran takes Conan's glasses off while he is sleeping and discovers Conan looks just like a young Shinichi Kudo! Is Shinichi's cover blown? Or can he find a way to pull the wool over her eyes yet again?

Community Reviews

Ahh, Case Closed and your odd array of cases. In this volume, we get the murder of a prominent magician, a family squabble over an inheritance that turned deadly, the start of an episode where Ran and Sonoko get snowed in at a ski lodge while a killer is on the loose.

They're all decent cases, but for my money the high point of this one is the second volume. Not only is the mystery pretty fascinating, but Conan's brought to the place by his mom and we spend a lot of time getting to know her. AndAhh, Case Closed and your odd array of cases. In this volume, we get the murder of a prominent magician, a family squabble over an inheritance that turned deadly, the start of an episode where Ran and Sonoko get snowed in at a ski lodge while a killer is on the loose.

They're all decent cases, but for my money the high point of this one is the second volume. Not only is the mystery pretty fascinating, but Conan's brought to the place by his mom and we spend a lot of time getting to know her. And I love her. She's caring and can sometimes be pragmatic, but is usually highly emotional and reactive in a fun way. She's remarkably cool about her son having been reverted to a little kid, and you can see where he gets his desire to help people from.

I quite liked the main story of this volume, which centered around the reading of a will. I did not see the solution coming, and that made it more enjoyable. I also liked seeing Jimmy's parents quickly make up afterwards. It was funny to see Rachel confront Conan about being Jimmy, and him and his mother blantantly deny it.----------------- However, the last mystery in this volume cliffhangers at the end of the volume, so I won't know the end of it, since the library did not have V15 of this se I quite liked the main story of this volume, which centered around the reading of a will. I did not see the solution coming, and that made it more enjoyable. I also liked seeing Jimmy's parents quickly make up afterwards. It was funny to see Rachel confront Conan about being Jimmy, and him and his mother blantantly deny it.----------------- However, the last mystery in this volume cliffhangers at the end of the volume, so I won't know the end of it, since the library did not have V15 of this series. I will, however, be reading V16, which they did have, soon....more

Just when I'm ready to write Aoyama off, he gets back to the overarching storyline. Tangentially, to be sure, and he cops out at the end, but at least it's there, and so I know I'll keep going with Case Closed for at least a little while longer. It also seems as if he's getting a bit more complex in setting up his cases, which is nice. There's still some life in the corpse yet, I guess. ***

Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan (known in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as Case Closed).

Aoyama made his debut as a manga artist with the work Chotto Matte which was published in the weekly magazine Shōnen Sunday on winter of 1987. Shortly after that, another work by Aoyama, Magic Kaito, was pubGosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan (known in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as Case Closed).

Aoyama made his debut as a manga artist with the work Chotto Matte which was published in the weekly magazine Shōnen Sunday on winter of 1987. Shortly after that, another work by Aoyama, Magic Kaito, was published on the same magazine.